EB Games (Canadian branch of GameStop) is merging all their Used and New games into the same sections, and replacing all their yellow price stickers (signifying a used game) to white (which was reserved for new games).  Employees are also instructed to put new games on the bottom of the pile, so that the unsuspecting customers will buy the used game instead.  http://kotaku.com/5862094/eb-gamesgamestop-gets-rid-of-used-games-section

Couple this with the recent trend for every game requiring an activation code to play, and that this code is only free with a new version, and you'll have a lot of annoyed kids this Christmas.  Further more, GameStop employees may even be removing the codes from the new copies!  http://arstechnica.com/gaming/.....g-free-game-code.ars

Here is another link showing Gamestop's reply to this issue:

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/.....ame-from-shelves.ars

I understand their reasoning, and this secondary reaction - pulling the game from shelves - is a much better solution than selling the game sans coupons without telling people it has been removed.  It does set a bad precedent though.

As for the first issue posted above - selling new and used together - I don't understand how this is legal.  This is deliberate lying.. the one response at the bottom of the article indicated that at least the game will still have a sticker reading new or used, but it sounds like it will be so small and out of the way you won't even notice it even if you ARE looking for it.  Well I was never overly inclined to buy from EB Games, but with their apparent intentionally-screw-customers-over-behind-their-backs policies in place, I doubt I will even stop in their stores to browse, much less buy ever again!

Does GameStop suck worse than getting kicked in the junk?  http://youtu.be/4MPjJLJRYv8